Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Where is the...?

Spanish translation:

¿Dónde queda el..? / ¿Dónde está el...?)

Added to glossary by Marina56
Feb 19, 2005 17:40
19 yrs ago
English term

Where is the...?

Non-PRO Homework / test English to Spanish Other Tourism & Travel question
To find out where something is
ex. Where is the bathroom? Where is the cat?
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (1): Marina56

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Proposed translations

+1
21 mins
Selected

¿Dónde queda el baño?/¿Dónde está el baño)

The first option is more polite, you can say, too:"Por favor,¿el baño?" and the second option, ¿Dónde está el bano? it's Ok too.
You can choose, Good look
Peer comment(s):

agree Refugio : If it is for Mexico, ¿Por favor, dónde queda ...?
3 hrs
Thank you Ruth.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+8
2 mins

¿Dónde está el ...?

¿Dónde está el baño? ¿Dónde está el gato?

Good luck!
Peer comment(s):

agree Adriana de Groote
2 mins
agree Margaret Schroeder : To Kate: And if the object is feminine, it is ¿Dónde está LA...? e.g. ¿Dónde está la entrada? (Where is the entrance?)
3 mins
agree Xenia Wong
14 mins
agree Stefanie Sendelbach
31 mins
agree RebeW
33 mins
agree María Isabel Vazquez
2 hrs
agree sym
10 hrs
agree Beta Cummins
23 hrs
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